Learn the difference between a headache from a spinal tap and fungal meningitis. Oct. 16, 2012— -- Jim McGuire said he was relieved when doctors told him his spinal tap tested negative for fungal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spinal meningitis, which is an inflammation that affects the protective membranes around the brain and spinal cord, is a serious ...

Tests indicate that every other child is liable to an attack by cerebro-spinal meningitis. Currently only 174 cases are known to exist in the U. S. Last year at this time there were only 49 cases. But ...

Spinal meningitis, which can kill in 24 hours, poses a threat to 450 million Africans this year, according to medical experts from eight of the continent's countries. Meningococcal meningitis is a ...

Federal and state health officials are trying to identify any more cases of a deadly fungal meningitis that they suspect resulted from an injected steroid commonly used to treat back pain. The drug, ...

A student in the Columbus School District contracted bacterial meningitis over the weekend and is receiving treatment at a hospital, the district announced on social media Monday.

A Facebook video that features a father asking for prayers for his daughter who is suffering from spinal meningitis has gone viral, according to WXIA-TV in Atlanta. Chloe Clark’s father Jared posted ...

Meningitis is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease that causes inflammation of the meninges the protective ...

The Times-Herald story on Monday, March 21, 1928, was an account of the latest of three deaths of Lorain teens who were thought to have contracted spinal meningitis while swimming at the Lorain YMCA.

In early January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removed the recommendation for universal vaccination ...